adj.
Function: pronoun
Date: before 12th century
1 : such a person or thing
2 : someone or something stated, implied, or exemplified < such was the result>
3 : someone or something similar : similar persons or things <tin and glass and such >
– as such : intrinsically considered : in itself < as such the gift was worth little>
usage For reasons that are hard to understand, commentators on usage disapprove of such used as a pronoun. Dictionaries, however, recognize it as standard; all of the citations upon which our definitions of this word are based are clearly standard.